ORDINANCE No. 1 of 1887.
Post Office.
2. Such covers, when addressed to places other than Hongkong or China, must be prepaid two cents each in stamps as heretofore.
3. Circulars, &c., must not exceed 2 ounces each in weight. Patterns, almanacs, &c., must be under 4 ounces each in weight. Heavier articles will be charged ordinary rates.
4. Envelopes containing patterns, &c., may be wholly closed if the nature of the contents be first exhibited or stated to the Postmaster General, as he may consider necessary, and approved by him. Printed circulars may be enclosed in pattern packets.
5. Addresses must be complete. That is to say, on such covers as are not addressed to heads of houses, the addressee's residence or place of business must be added. Incompletely addressed covers will be returned to the sender for address.
6. It must be understood that the above mentioned classes of correspondence will invariably be delivered at places of business unless special arrangement is made for delivery at private houses. Such arrangements can only be made subject to the general work of the Post Office.
Order made by the Governor in Council on the 4th and gazetted the 11th February, 1888, under the provisions of section 8 of Ordinance 1 of 1887.
Whereas by The Post Office Ordinance, 1887, it is provided, amongst other things, that the Governor in Council may, from time to time, by order, determine the rates of postage to be charged upon all correspondence sent by post from the General Post Office of the Colony, or received from places outside the Colony, and the scale of weight according to which such rates are to be charged:
And whereas, by an order bearing date the 24th day of September, 1885, it was ordered by the Governor in Council that the rates of postage and scale of weight should, until further notice, be according to the table to the said order annexed:
And whereas it has become necessary to substitute a new table in lieu of the said table:
Now, therefore, it is hereby ordered that the said table annexed to the said order of the 24th day of September, 1885, be altered, by substituting the rates of postage and scale of weight in the table hereunto annexed for those of the table of the said order of the 24th day of September, 1885.